Picture-frame.



No. 636,592. Patented Nov. 7, I899. H. R. TURNER.

PICTURE FRAME (Application filed July 12, 1899.) (No Model.)

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INITED STATES HENRY RIGHTOR TURNER, OF HELENA, ARKANSAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,592, dated November7, 1899.

Application filed J'nlylZ, 1899. strain... 723,610. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY RIGHTOR TUR- NER, of Helena, in the county ofPhillips and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Picture-Holders, of which the following is a.specification.

My invention relates to picture-holders, and has for its object a deviceof this character which will be exceedingly simple and cheap tomanufacture and which will securely hold pictures of any size.

A further object of the invention is to so arrange the parts of theholder that an easelrest may be quickly and conveniently secured theretoor detached therefrom.

The invention consists in certain details of construction andcombination of the parts, which I shall first describe and then pointout the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which like characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views in which they occur.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the blank for forming the plate 13.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of said plate. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the plate secured to an ornamental molding. Fig. 4: is a perspectiveview of another form of plate and molding. Fig. 5 is a rear perspectiveview of the complete picture-holder with the picture therein. Fig. 6 isa similar View showing an easel-rest secured to the holder. Fig. 7 is adetail face view of a portion of the easel-rest. Fig. Sis a detailperspective view of a modified form of corner, and Fig. 9 is a detailperspective of a slightly-changed form of blank.

In carrying out one form of my invention I take fiat pieces of.,tin orother suitable metal and cut them into the form of blank shown inFig. 1. The blank having been out two of its edges, lland 12, are bentat right angles to the main portion thereof, as shown in Fig. 2, wherebyto form the plates 13. bent edges of the plates I then solder brass orother suitable moldings 14. The complete corner-piece15 is nowconstructed. If wooden moldings are used instead of metal, I form theplate 13 without the bent edges and attach it by short pins or brads tothe molding to form the corner-piece 15, as shown.

Along the These corner-pieces are adapted to be insorted over thecorners of a picture, its glass, and its backing. In order to secure thecorner-pieces together, I provide two pieces of wire 16 and 17 andinsert the ends of the wire 16 through apertures 18 in the uppercornerpieces, the wire being secured therein, preferably, by twistingthe ends, as shown. The other wire 17 is similarly secured in theopenings 18 of the lower corner-pieces. The upper wire 16 is preferablyshorter than the wire 17, so that while the former is comparatively tautacross the backing of the picture the latter is much looser, and a loop19 of wire secures the two wires together, so as to firmly bind thecorner-pieces in place on the picture.

As shown in Fig. 6, if it is desired to rest the picture on a standinstead of hanging it in the wall I provide the easel-rest 20, which isusually made of pasteboard and has oblique slits 21 cut in its sides,near the upper end, the said slits terminating in openings 22. To attachthis easel-rest, the wire 17, near the apex thereof, isreceived throughthe slits 21 into the openings 22.

It will be seen that the loop 19 afiords a convenient place to receive anail for hanging the picture on the wall, so that no other hangin g-wireis necessary, although, if desired, an additional piece of wire may beattached to the upper corner-pieces for the purpose of hanging thepicture.

As shown in Fig. 8, a corner-piece may be made by bending a wire ring11, or a blank 11 may be used, as shown in Fig. 9.

I do not claim to have invented the moldin gs of the corner-pieces ormeans for holding separate corner-pieces on a picture instead of using acontinuous frame; but

What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A picture holder, comprising cornerpieces arranged to fit over thepicture, wires connecting said corner-pieces, and an easelrest havingslits in its sides, the said slits terminating at their inner ends inopenings, whereby the wires may be inserted through said slits and heldin said openings, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The herein-described picture -holder, consisting of the corner-piecesformed with openings 18, the wires 16 and 17 having their openings tohold the easel-rest on the picture, as and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY RIGHTOR TURNER.

Witnesses:

D. FITZPATRICK, O. C. AGEE.

